Evaluation of accuracy, reliability, and repeatability of five dental pulp tests

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1619-1623

  Chen, Eugene ^a   Abbott, Paul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electric pulp tests; laser Doppler flowmetry; pulp sensibility tests; thermal pulp tests; vitality tests

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ICE; PROPANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUTANES; COLD TEMPERATURE; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DENTAL PULP TEST; DRY ICE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPANE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH, NONVITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81755166384     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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